How to watch Conor Benn vs Chris van Heerden: TV channel, start time and live stream

Conor Benn will step out at the Manchester Arena this weekend in front of a crowd of 20,000 people to face southpaw Chris van Heerden. The South African, 34, will be the first southpaw that the 25-year-old has faced in his unbeaten career and poses a serious threat to his WBA Continental welterweight title.

van Heerden's most recent defeat came at the hands of Errol Spence Jr back in 2015, one of just two defeats in a career which has seen over 30 fights for the man from Johannesburg. Meanwhile, a victory for Benn here could set up a meeting with Kell Brook on the road to reaching the top of the rankings by the end of 2022, a goal he has admitted to targeting.

He is currently at No 5 in the WBO, WBA and IBF rankings but tweeted in February that he was targeting the top of the division in order to seek out a world title. He wrote: 'Taking this year by storm. Coming for that #1 spot.'

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Here is all the key information you will need ahead of the fight:

Conor Benn vs Chris van Heerden takes place at Manchester's AO Arena on Saturday, April 16. The main card is expected to start at 7:00pm.

Ringwalks for the main event are expected at 10:00pm.

The fight will be shown exclusively live on DAZN in the UK. You can live stream the action from the DAZN app, which is available for download onto your mobile device, tablet or Smart TV. You can subscribe for £7.99 a month here .

It will be available to stream in over 200 countries across the globe. Customers will be able to stream the fight via the app on their television, console, mobile, tablet or computer device.

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